40 Vehicles Vandalized At Lot

Hoffman Estates: — Police were searching Tuesday for vandals who damaged 40 vehicles in two incidents at a dealership last week.

The incidents occurred over a four-day period at Woodfield Nissan, 700 W. Higgins Rd., police said.

In the first attack, police said, 14 vehicles, identified as Nissan Pathfinder sport-utility vehicles and Quest mini-vans, were scratched with a sharp object late on June 11 or early on June 12.

In the second incident, police said, 26 Pathfinders and Quests were scratched. Some also had their tires slashed, hoods and roofs dented by concrete chunks and bodies pelted by eggs.

Damage to all 40 cars was estimated at $19,800.

In December 1994, police arrested a disgruntled employee suspected of damaging vehicles at Woodfield Nissan. But Hoffman Estates Police Lt. Steven Casstevens said that person was not suspected in the latest damage.

A manager told police that 10 employees had been fired within the last couple of months but that none was believed to hold a serious grudge against the dealership, police said.